24 Thoughtful Cartoons That Introverts (Especially INFJs) Will Relate To

He says, “I wanted to encourage other INFJs, particularly younger ones, who may feel out of place like I have all my life. I remember how tough it was growing up. Still is.” For those who are not INFJs, he hopes his cartoons will help them gain some insight into this misunderstood personality type.

Introverts who are not INFJs will likely be able to relate to many of Aaron’s cartoons as well.

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Jenn Granneman is the founder of Introvert, Dear, the popular community for introverts and highly sensitive people. Jenn is an introvert, a highly sensitive person, and an INFJ personality type. She started Introvert, Dear to help other introverts not feel so alone or weird. Look for her first book, The Secret Lives of Introverts: Inside Our Hidden World, in spring 2017. To get personal updates and see the occasional cat picture, follow her on Facebook.

INFJs are extremely sensitive and are quite perceptive about others. Society is way too quick to label and judge what they don’t understand, and using society as a measurement of normalcy is a horrible gage to use anyway. Being an INFJ is a rough road at times, but it can also be very rewarding too – we are the counselors, the healers, people gravitate to them in times of need.

Why do we need to have labels for ourselves? Introvert, Extrovert, INFJ. We are all individuals, many of whom need time alone but also may enjoy going to a party and being around friends. These cartoons are nice but why pigeon hole yourself to being one thing or another. The rest of the people on this planet are really not all that different.

But personalities, needs, wants, ideals, outlook…they *are* very different from person to person, every reality is subjective. The identification of differences shouldn’t be seen as inherently negative. The point of these “labels” isn’t to divide, but rather to aid in understanding.

If I had to guess, i’d say that there’s a good chance you’re actually quite extroverted, which is, of course, considered the “social norm”, so perhaps these labels don’t make as much sense in that context.

#16 omg! As a quite reserved introvert this is literally my worst nightmare; Sitting in a social circle with all the attention on me while everyone is expecting me to tell personal stuff about myself. I feel very very uncomfortable. Give me one or two people to introduce myself to and I feel a lot better about! Not this spotlight thing. No spotlight, thank you very much. I’d appreciate if we just all gently skipped that part!

I think it’s misleading to link normal introverts to INFJs, they’re not the same. INFJs are professional introverts who act like extroverts, neither shy nor awkward. they know how to handle themselves, they end up getting the hang of it and not needing or wishing they “had an instruction manual”.

[…] Caycedo-Kimura began drawing these cartoons when he hit an artistic and emotional hurdle. He told Introvert, Dear, “Life is hard, and I think it’s even harder when you’re an INFJ.” “I wanted to […]

I’m an INFP and an HSP. I can relate to almost all of these cartoons. Really, the only difference between an INFP and an INFJ is that one likes to write and follow lists, while one has a very difficult time following lists, though there may be more that I am unaware of. Thank you for the cartoons. They are awesome and brought some depth of meaning to my day!!

I thought of sending this to my supervisor. She discusses my personality in my Performance Appraisal. She clearly doesn’t understand who I am and wants me to be different. Sadly, even if she read this, I don’t think it would make any difference and worse I don’t think her comments have any place in such a meeting.

Love these cartoons … Every time I meet someone new, especially a man, I get asked: What do you do for fun? If I can’t change the subject, I usually say that what I do for fun, most people consider boring. Then I ask the questioner about their idea of fun.

I definitely relate to the desire to be alone … together. No TV on (unless it’s football season!), please NO MUSIC, just QUIET, thank you very much.

I’m actually quite talkative, about all kinds of things — and I can make small talk with the best of any extrovert, until it becomes apparent that there isn’t anything deeper coming from the other person — except for when I’m tired or have been overstimulated for awhile. But of all the things I enjoy most when in a relationship, is shared quiet.